Full-time: A score-draw on a night where Lyon were curiously restrained. They will now have to go to Eindhoven and score. Mind you, they'd probably try to do that no matter how it ended tonight. That's why you've got to love 'em. It's also OK to foster a grudging admiration for the methodical Dutch, since they apparently succeeded in sapping Lyon's will to play the buccanearing stuff they've treated us to so far in the tournament. And that concludes this communiqué. Have a top evening, all. And thanks for your emails.

92': Bouma fires a freekick from his own half into Lyon's box, it breaks to Van Bommel, who's content to wander towards the corner flag and run down the clock.

90': "Lyon won't be pleased" intones the witless ITV commentator, "they were expecting three points form this game." I, like all of you I'm sure, am confident that they weren't.

89': Are Lyon jaded? It's PSV who are monopolising the ball now, penning the French back without really bothering to drive for goal. It's surprising Le Guen hasn't made any substitutions so far.

87': Long hoof clear by Coupet, Essien chests it down and sends Malouda scampering free down the left ... but his touch is sloppy and Beasley dashes in to strip him of the ball.

85': Spirited break down the left by Park, who skips past Essien and dashes into the Lyon box - Cris comes a cross to stifle the threat.

84': Menacing cross from the left by Essien ... Govou rises but just can't reach. Cocu intercepts and is immediately felled by Diarra.

82': No chance of PSV coming out of defence now, and Lyon are having to flip the ball around in front of them.

78': Beasley tries to zip past Abidal but runs the ball out of play ... the linesman's attempts to jump over the ball but falls in theatrical fashion! He seems to have twisted his ankle! But no, he's clambered to his feet and signalled that he'll carry on: such valour!

77': Essien feeds Malouda, who clips in a speedy low cross - Govous gets a flick on it ... but Gomes touches it wide! But the ref didn't see that touch and awards a goalkick!

75': Wiltord receives the ball in ample space on the edge of the box; but - wholly unsurprisingly to Arsenal fans - he doesn't look up, hence doesn't realise how much time he has and opts for a snappy pass to an invisible friend. Throw-in to PSV.

73': Park robs Essien then releases Beasley, who knocks it back to van Bommel, who taps it on to Cocu, who decides to end this laterla faffing ... and has a pop at goal. But it was an awful effort and a sad reflection on his declining ability.

71': PSV sub: Damarcus Beasley on for Fanfan. He's something of a speedster, this American named Beasley, which is good because PSV have shown a grievous lack of pace so far.

68': Sustained Lyon pressure over the last few minutes, but the Dutch are defending sstoutly, except Ooijer, who's defending illegally, hacking down any grey-clad bipod that comes within fifteen yards of him. Amazingly, he's yet to be booked. Oh look, he's just whacked Malouda again!

67': Juninho slips one through for Govou, but Alex outstrips the striker to snuff out the attack.

65': In fairness to Henk van Maanen, he actually sent me this email before the staggering save by Gomes moments earlier. Unless he doctored the time-stamp, of course: "Regarding Gomes, I would like to point out that he did manage to break an age-old record in The Netherlands by keeping a clean sheet for 1,082 minutes in the Dutch competition. His performance tonight is in no way representative of his talent and ability. He is actually a very good goalkeeper."

63': Unbelievable save by Gomes! After a Wiltord run, the ball broke to Govou 8 yards out, he smacked it lowish and hard, but Gomes spread himself with unfeasible agility to tip it round the post! An astonishing turn-up!

60': A slightly-dangerous ball over the top from Wiltord, Govou trots through to get on the end of it but Gomes should claim .... all-too-predictably though, he fumbles the ball! But then recovers before Govou can pounce.

58': Lyon exerting more pressure now, but Van Bommel defuses that attack by intercepting Essien's and nodding the ball calmly back to Gomes.

55': Diarra, in the middle for Lyon, is looking increasingly busy, clearly trying to inject some urgency into his side. Ooijer brings the move to a bone-shuddering end by clattering Malouda on the left. That's a free about 25 yards out, close to the left touchline. Juninho stands over the ball. He whips in a cross that Gomes punches well clear.

53': Malouda lets fly from distance - fortunately for PSV it doesn't make it as far as keeper Gomes because Alex stretched out his leg to block.

52: Van Bommel reverts to his first-half strategy, kicking Juninho just for the hell of it.

51': Lyon manager Le Guen apparently wants the same thing as the fans: "go forward" he roars to his relucant team.

50': The Gerland crowd have burst into rousing song, clearly sensing that their team has slumped into a strange lethargy. "A crushing victory is there for the taking," they possibly yell, "Allez la chercher, nom de chien!" Or something.

47': Lyon sitting surprisingly deep, inviting the Dutch to come on to them. An odd policy, it's not as if the Dutch had been camped in defence and so neeed to be luredforward in order to create space. Cocu lofts a corss into the box, but Coupet collects easily.

46': We're back, and because Lyon tipped in the first half, PSV set the second half in motion. You can't say fairer than that.

More half-time banter: I've just seen Garcia's goal for Liverpool against Juve - I have to tell you it was an absolute stonker! A left-foot half-volley from 24 yards that whizzed into the top corner. Well done, that man! However, that's blues for my Fantasy League team, which features two Juve defenders. I've also got three Lyon players in there, but one of them is not Malouda, who I ditched at the lsat minute in favour of set-piece king Juninho (along with Essien and Govou). Hmmm.

Half-time banter:And now I tuck into my freshly-contrived Brie and grapes sandwich. I find it's good for the ankles. Meanwhile, anyone know any good cud to chew on to improve concentration? I've got another 45 minutes of this to go and I only got two hour's sleep last night due to some criminally-enthusiastic drillers in the swanky district of North London that I call home. When the tube's down and I can't make it back to my real gaff so have to sleep in a garden.

46': The end of the half. Lyon should really be farther in front but for some reason have attacked on in patches though it has been obvious that they are superior to their visitors in every respect and that, in particular, PSV's keeper is comically bad.

44': Cocu zips one in to Hesselink at the edge of the box, who shows commendable strength to hold off Cris then whack a shot towards goal. Arrows a yard over the bar. Decent attempt.

43' Lee pulls Govou's jersey then kicks him to the ground. Is that in the rules? No it's not, hence Collina awards a free-kick. Essien takes it but shouldn't bothered. He just knocked the ball straight back to the opposition.

38': Did I say 'lull'? Well, Essien has just smashed the soporific mood by crashing a 25-yarder off the post! Again Gomes could have done better than wave at it as it flew by! This guy is the persoinfication of the term 'dodgy goalkeeper'. Surely his antics will give the Lyonnais encouragememnt to attack with renewed purpose?

37': A lull. That is what the games is currently going through.

Majid, tuning in from Dubai, writes: "Banjaxed" I have never. Ever. Heard that word used before. Cool!" Thank you Majid, I'd like to say it's one of my own, but in fact I heard it from some malodorous bozo in an underworld shebeen in Liverpool. I liked it a lot better than I liked him. Didn't stop me staying to share several pints with him, mind.

Re: Essien's header, ITV's commentator has just said: "It was a powerful header from Essien, who's first language is English." Oh right, that explains why it was such a good header.

34': Essien releasees Govou down the right ; his cross his woeful ... but not as woeful as Gomes' attempt to catch it! Wiltord retrieves, works it back to the left, from where the cross comes in for Essien to soar high between Bouma and Alex ... it's a powerful header ... but Gomes holds it uncharacteristicaly well!

32': Ponderous though they are, the Dutch are starting to work a few openings now; Park looks quite sprightly, and Caçapa had to intervene smartly to divert one of his crosses out for a corner. Which PSV wasted no time in, er, wasting.

28': Tonight's first yellow card goes to Johan Vogel, the latest in a long line of PSV players to kick Juninho. Surprisingly, Juninho takes it short, and Lyon work it wide to Malouda to the left-hand side of the box: he fires a low cross towards the near post, but Gomes manages to gather.

27': Farfan barges past two down the right before eventually being dispossessed by Abidal - those two are having quite a battle tonight.

25': "It's Eindhovenaren!" roars Kees Kist, before adding this poser: "and what about people from the Virgin Islands?"

Ridiculously, Liverpool are 2-0 up against Juve in tonight's other game!

24': Corner to Lyon after Alex scrambles a Juninho overhead kick behind. Juninho takes the corner himself, but can't beat the first man.

21': Abidal fouls the burly Farfan 30 yards from Lyon's goal. A chance for Van Bommel to swing the ball towards the back post ... instead he goes for the near post, where Vennegor of Hesselhink stoops to try to butt it towards goal; Essien whacks it clear but catches the striker's head in the process - he'll have to go off for treatment - at least he's a man of honour and declines the opportunity to limp.

18': PSV have managed to stem Lyon's forward flow over the last few minuts, but haven't come close to creating anything themselves...

Jon Harwood is on hand to provide a response to our earlier conundrum: "I thought people from Zanizbar would be Zanzibarbarians, but apparently they are Zanzibaris.People from the Cook Islands are often known as Cookies!" Splendid! I also happen to know - or rather hope- that people from Greenland are Greenish.

14': Lyon are at their irresistible best now: pinging the ball around and dashing forward with swashbuckling vigour. Diarra nearly added a second with a blockbuster from 20 yards after being teed up by Juninho.

1'1:Lyon 1 PSV 0 A throw-in from the right, Essien muscles past the somewhat shoddy Lee, flips the ball along the ground into the boxWiltord misses, but Malouda gets off a shot ... that skims into the net!

Inquiry from a man whose forename is the same as the earnest newscaster from Sesame Street. Here's Guy from Iowa: Hi Paul, Is everyone of the consensus that Jose Mourinho is brilliant but alsomighty confused?

9': A long punt into the box, and Farfan outjumps Caçapa to nut the ball over the bar. PSV's first vaguely threatening move.

8': This time van Bommel hacks down Juninho. The free-kick's 40 yards out ... but with true Brazilian bravado, Juninho decides to have a op at goal anyway - turns out to be a reasonable effort, insofaras it didn't hurt anyone in the crowd. Never looked like hitting the goal though.

5': Van Bommel raises his foot high off the ground and clatters Malouda on the chin! Escapes a booking. Malouda limps off for treatment - but why is he limping when the bot was to the face? That man lacks credibility!

3': The home side are setting a cracking pace and, as befits a team who've scored 28 goals (via 11 different scorers!) so far in the tournament, are attacking from all angles. The Eindhoveners (is that waht you call people form Eindhoven? And, while I'm at it, if creatures from Mars (come on, you must have met at least one) are Martians, then are people from Zanizibar Zanzibartians?) are holding firm for the though ...

7:44pm: "I sincerely hope there's people following this report rather than Juventus' easy defeat of Liverpool" writes Brian Francis. Yes, me too Brian otherwise loneliness could set in and I'll start spouting sinister allegations about celebrities just to attract readers. Or the aforementioned constabulary.

7.42pm: Out lope the teams to a rambunctious welcome from the Gerland faithful, plus a few hundred visiting Dutchman, dozens of whom spent this afternoon chucking bottles at police in Lyon's dainty Place Bellecour - yes I've been there, and no I didn't punch any cops. Model tourists, Guardian scribes.

Premable:

PSV were champions of Europe in 1988 but this is the first time they've ever been beyond the group stages of the continent's new-fangled showcase tournament. They've been preparing for the game by squashing all around them in the Dutch league, including arch-rivals Ajax, who they flattened 4-0 last month.

Coincidentally, Lyon are also 13 points clear in their domestic league, where they've only lost once all season. They beat Man United to top spot in the group stages and then banjaxed German champions Werder Bremen 10-2 on aggregate. They're the Champions League's top scorers and have hit 18 in four home games in the campaign so far. And, superbly, your correspondent sneaked a crafty twenty quid on them to clinch the top prize when they were 28-1. Huzzar!